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1 Samuel 28:23

23 But he refused and said, “I will not eat!” However, his servants urged him, and the woman also. So he listened to what they said,w and he got up from the ground and sat on the bed.

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1 Samuel 28:23 — The New International Version (NIV)

23 He refused and said, “I will not eat.”

But his men joined the woman in urging him, and he listened to them. He got up from the ground and sat on the couch.

1 Samuel 28:23 — English Standard Version (ESV)

23 He refused and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, urged him, and he listened to their words. So he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.

1 Samuel 28:23 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

1 Samuel 28:23 — New Living Translation (NLT)

23 But Saul refused to eat anything. Then his advisers joined the woman in urging him to eat, so he finally yielded and got up from the ground and sat on the couch.

1 Samuel 28:23 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

23 But he refused and said, “I will not eat.”

So his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he heeded their voice. Then he arose from the ground and sat on the bed.

1 Samuel 28:23 — New Century Version (NCV)

23 But Saul refused, saying, “I won’t eat.”

His servants joined the woman in asking him to eat, and he listened to them. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed.

1 Samuel 28:23 — American Standard Version (ASV)

23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, constrained him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed.

1 Samuel 28:23 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

23 But he refused and said, I will not eat. Then his servants, and the woman also, compelled him, and he hearkened to their voice; and he arose from the earth and sat on the bed.

1 Samuel 28:23 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

23 But he refused. “I don’t want to eat,” he said. Nevertheless, his officers and the woman kept urginghim until he listened to them. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed. 

1 Samuel 28:23 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

23 He refused, saying, “I won’t eat,” but when his servants and the woman urged him, he listened to them. He got up off the ground and sat on the bed.

1 Samuel 28:23 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

23 He refused, and said, “I will not eat.” But his servants, together with the woman, urged him; and he listened to their words. So he got up from the ground and sat on the bed.

1 Samuel 28:23 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

23 But he refused. He said, “I don’t want anything to eat.”

Then his men joined the woman in begging him to eat. Finally, he paid attention to them. He got up from the ground and sat on a couch.

1 Samuel 28:23 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

23 But he refused and said, “I will not eat.” However, his servants together with the woman urged him, and he listened to them. So he arose from the ground and sat on the bed.


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